I should’ve known better. Once I heard that Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of such profane entertainment including Team America: World Police and South Park, were going to release a Broadway musical, I said to myself, “Maybe they can make a tasteful show.” Parker and Stone have already garnered an Oscar nomination in 2000 for “Blame Canada” off of their critically acclaimed musical South Park: Bigger, Longer, And Uncut, which is also named one of the best musicals of all time by Entertainment Weekly. The widely popular show has also garnered them with four Primetime Emmys.

But if you have watched South Park since Day One, you know that the show has offended EVERYBODY. From internet celebrities, to any religion, Matt and Trey have done it all. This leads me to say, I should’ve known better to think that they would tone down their incredibly inappropriate sense of humor for their hit musical “The Book of Mormon.” This Broadway smash has now gained 14 Tony nominations, which is remarkable for such a play.

As a side note, Parker and Stone must be “thrilled”: when they were nominated for the Oscars, they dressed up in drag, stating that they believed that their nomination was a joke.

But this isn’t about the play, for the fact that I cannot see it yet. This review is about the terrible, offensive, repulsive…catchy, amazing genius which is the soundtrack.

“The Book Of Mormon” starts out Mormon-y enough; a musical ode to the members of the religion going door to door preaching the book in “Hello.” This leads into where Elder Price (Tony Award nominated Andrew Rannells) and Elder Cunningham (Tony Award nominated Josh Gad) sing about where they want to go for their mission trip. But instead of going to the “land of pastries and turtlenecks,” like some other members of the religion, Price and Cunningham end up going to Uganda, where Cunningham compares it to Lion King. They end up going to find a Ugandan tribe, who yell one of the tracks “Hasa Diga Eebowai,” which was compared to a Hakuna Matata, but is instead translated into “F#$% you, God.”

From top to bottom, “The Book of Mormon” is incredibly hilarious. From the oddly sensual “Baptize Me,” to the hilarious trick they use to block out unpure thoughts in “Turn It Off.” My personal opinion, the two funniest songs in the entire musical are “I Believe” and “Joseph Smith American Moses.” “I Believe” is a rediscovery song for Price, who states ACTUAL FACTS that come out of the real book, including:

“I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people.”

“I believe that the Garden of Eden was in Jackson County, Missouri.”

While “Joseph Smith American Moses” is a play that really stretches the entire truth of Mormon, adding things including but not limited to baby rapes, the Starship Enterprise, and Eewoks. This song is just something that you have to listen to if you want to understand what I’m actually talking about.

That goes for the entire soundtrack. You can’t just go out and download one song without having to get the entire thing, which I really recommend you do. Everyone in the cast does a magnificent job; being able to sing and dance and not burst into laughter to these incredibly offensive lyrics must be a feat when performing this live in New York. I hope Matt and Trey realize just how big this musical is, and maybe record the last show and put it into theaters, so everyone can be converted to the Parker and Stone Book of Mormon. I know I’d follow it.

Final Grade : A